Improved boot and shoe-shave



t dilated WALTER winnen, or NEW SAL EM, MASSACHUSETTS, AS'SleNoRToHiMSELr AND SYLVESTER r. RooT, orem 'Lette/rs Patent No. 86,958, elatedFebruar/ry 1li, 1869v IMPROVED BOOT AND SHOE-SHAVE.

The Schedule referred to in these'Letters Patent and making part of thesame:

Know all mea by these presents ThatI, `WALTER WILBER, of New Salem,county of Franklin, and Commonwealth .of Massachusetts, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Boot and Shoe-Shaves 5 and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,for'm ing a part of this specification, in which- Figure lrepresents a perspective view of my improved boot and shoe-shave.

Figure 2 represents a longitudinal Section of the same.

Figure 3 represents a perspective view of my improved boot andshoe-shave when madel in a somewhat different form. v

To enable those skilled in the art to which/my invention belongs, tomake and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

The nature of my invention consists, first, in the peculiar manner ofsecuring the blade in place; second, in the peculiar construction andcombination ofthe blade and guard-piece with the stock or handle of theshave.

A is the stock, or handle, made in this instance of iron, but may bemade of any other metallic substance, or of wood.

Into this handle A, at its central part, is inserted a blade, B, theends b and b of which are bevelled to fit into grooves c and o', asshown in lig.,v`2 of the drawings. y

At one end of the blade B is a-bolt, D, having in one side of its head agroove, c, which corresponds with the groove c in the handle A, intowhich lits one end, b, of the' blade B.

The bolt D passes through the handle A, and upon the end is a nut, f,that is slotted so it can be turned with a screw-driver.

By screwing up the nut f, the bolt D is drawn down, thereby pressingorgorowdiug the opposite end of the blade B firmly into the groove c',while at the same time the end, l, of the blade B, is held securelyagainst the bottom of the groove c, at both sides of the bolt D. A

The blade B is made wider at one end,l), than at the other, b-, whichbrings the line of the edge diagonally across from one side to the otherof the substance to be cut, instead of straight across.

In front of the blade B, and conforming to the edge thereof, is aguard-piece, C, which is made, as shown in the drawings, with the upperpart so constructed as I- toslide in between the bevelled edges c and oof the handle A, while the dowmvard-projecting part O is litted toworkin a recess out inV the edge of the handle A, where it is held bymeans of the screws m m, Which pass through slots inthe part G' of theguard-piece C, and by means of which arrangement the guard-piece C canbe set up or down, to regulate the thickness of the shaving to be cut bythe blade B.

The advantages to be gained, by making the form of the blade B, asdescribed, are as follows:

First, it retains the edge 'in good condition longer than it would ifstraight across.

Second, it requires less force to use it.

Third, it is less liable to get clogged up with shav# ings. y

Fourth, it cuts smoothly, and will cut a thicker shaving withoutshaking. l

The shave, shown in figs. l and 2, is calculated to be used moreparticularly on the heels of boots and shoes, where a concave edgeisrrequired, while that shown in iig. 3 is to bel used on the foreparts,where a square edge is desirable. It is' made essentially the sameas the other, except, that instead of making the blade curved, it isperfectly dat, and is not as long.

There is also a projecting guide-piece, g, upon the handle, at one endof the blade B, which travels in the crease between the sole and upperofthe boot, and pre Ven'ts the possibility of cutting the upper while atwork. In other respects it is similar to the one described, t e blade Bbeing made so that its edge runs diagonal y, and is retained in place bythe bolt D and grooves in the handle at the ends of the blade. Theshaving is also regulated in asimilar manner by the guard-'piece C.' Bythe foregoingl description it will be seen that I have constructed aboot and shoe-shave that does its work easier and better than theordinary shave, is less liable to get out of order, and can be readilytaken .apart for sharpening, thus greatly facilitating the operation of-trimming boots and shoes.

Having described my improved boot and shoe-shave,

lVhat I claim therein as new and of my invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the bolt D and nut f with the blade B and handle A,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

. WALTER WILBER. Witnesses:

GEORGE A. MAYNARD, SHERMAN BACON.

